DIY SOS
1999
📺 18 Seasons
🎬 120 Episodes
📅 Returning Series
🌐 EN
⏱️ 30 min/episode
Documentary
DIY SOS is a British DIY television series made for the BBC, presented by Nick Knowles. The first episode was broadcast on 7 October 1999 and the show is still airing today. As well as being a DIY programme it also features comic relief from the cast.
Seasons
Season 7
Nick Knowles and the DIY SOS team help Wayne and Susan, a couple in Bradford, move out of their boat into a house.
Season 9
Nick Knowles and the team's first mission is in Cardiff, where a couple's lounge is virtually uninhabitable. Meanwhile new recruit Kate Mclntyre introduces three DIY challenged families hoping to win the viewers' sympathy.
Season 10
Assist decorating tutor Ian renovate his new home
Season 11
Nick Knowles and the team visit the Glasgow home of Margaret and her extended family. They help to speed up a loft conversion.
Season 12
In dire need of TLC, a community centre in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, gets a visit from Nick Knowles and the team. The centre has a great football team, but the clubhouse is in such a state that they're reluctant to invite other teams to play. We also meet families pleading for the show's help.
Season 13
Home improvement mishaps remedied by Nick Knowles. The team are in Rushden to help rescue the Wiggett family who are stuck in a vicious DIY circle.
Season 14
In this edition they are on a mission in Fishguard to help a worn out Mum and Dad of quadruplets renovate her bedroom and en-suite bathroomm so she can have the occasional half hour to remind herself that she is still human.
Season 15
Nick Knowles and the team save a family from their bare brick lounge.
Season 16
Create a Victorian reception room for Sharon and Steve so they can renew their wedding vows in it.
Season 17
Season 18
The team is in Bridgwater to help the Robinson family.
Season 19
Nick Knowles and the team are in Watford to renovate a kitchen and dining area for a family that needs it to be medically clean. Lucy and husband Mario bought a rundown house that they hoped to renovate into their dream home, but everything changed when their daughter was diagnosed with a brain tumour. The renovation is now on hold, but the need for a clean living space is greater than ever.
Season 20
Season 21
Season 22
Season 23
The team travel to Chesterfield to help Lisa and Richard Watson and their young family.
Season 32
Midwife Lindsey married ex-Royal Engineer Shaun in 2019. Lindsey had two children from a previous marriage and then had two boys with Shaun. In the summer of 2021, they began to extend their house, with a local builder working with them to put in the foundations, walls and roof, and to get the extension up to first fix. The plan was for Shaun to finish the build himself.
Season 33
The team are in Leicester to help seven-year-old Isla, who longs for independence. Everything must be made bespoke, and fitting it all in will be a huge challenge.
Network
BBC One
Production
BBC Studios Factual Entertainment Productions, BBC Studios Productions